excessivechaos
Bit poster
I'm using parallels 6 to access my win 7 32bit bootcamp partition on my macbook air 10.6.8. Out of the blue, Aero transparency just stopped working. If I boot into windows directly, it works fine, just not when using parallels.
When I select the Aero theme, there is a link to troubleshoot the issue at the bottom. After running that it tells me that the Windows desktop manager was not running and that it fixed the issue, but it did not. If I check services I see that it is in fact running, but still no transparency.
I have tried various "fixes" that I've come across searching google, but nothing has worked.
When I select the Aero theme, there is a link to troubleshoot the issue at the bottom. After running that it tells me that the Windows desktop manager was not running and that it fixed the issue, but it did not. If I check services I see that it is in fact running, but still no transparency.
I have tried various "fixes" that I've come across searching google, but nothing has worked.
. Even after uninstalling all the new updates I could (some I couldnt because they either didnt appear in the Installed Updates list or didnt offer an uninstall option), the problem persisted. I had to use F8 to boot into System Recovery mode and use System Restore there to revert to the restore point created before the updates. By reinstalling the updates one by one, I was able to narrow it down to the Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems update. However, uninstalling that update did not fix it. I had to use System Restore again to get back to a working state.